Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle Complex Opened In VIZAG
The DSRV Complex in Visakhapatnam has been designed to store the assets in a rescue-ready state. It will accommodate submarine rescue system and other assets
A Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) Complex was inaugurated by Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command (ENC) in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. Indian Navy is now one of the few navies in the world to operate such a rescue system. In the foreseeable future our Navy should be operating a large number of convention and nuclear submarines. So a rescue system like this will increase the confidence of our submariners.
Equipped with the state-of-the-art facilities, the complex is designed to accommodate the newly inducted submarine rescue system and store the DSRV assets in the rescue-ready state. The DSRV system consists of a submarine rescue vessel, a remote operations vehicle and side scan sonar and associated equipment. It has diver decompression chambers and hyperbaric medical equipment to decompress submariners after being rescued from sunken submarines. It can be mobilised by air or road to facilitate submarine rescue operation seven at distant locations.
The Indian Navy has inducted two such systems which will provide rescue cover to submarines on the east and west coast of India.
Currently, there are about 40 nations that operate submarines, of which only a few have submarine rescue capability in any form. The third generation submarine rescue capability of Indian Navy can be sought by the other navies for assistance during contingencies in the Indian Ocean Region.
